Airlines & Lessors

KLM has made progress with its labor costs and is expanding its network and airline partnerships while revamping its fleet with new onboard cabins and services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The airline industry, at least from a business perspective, makes no sense. Just ask the chief of one of the world’s largest airline companies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The airline industry, at least from a business perspective, makes no sense. Just ask the chief of one of the world’s largest airline companies.
Airlines & Lessors

Scoot is a medium-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) operating out of Singapore’s Changi Airport to 16 destinations across Asia, Australasia and the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
When it comes to biofuels, more is better for the airlines: more sources of biomass, more pathways to convert feedstock to fuel, and more volume.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
After what Alaska Air Group CEO Brad Tilden described as a “hard fought competition,” his company walked away with the $4 billion prize—a rare opportunity to grow via an acquisition-merger with Virgin America.
Airlines & Lessors

Features and departments from the May 2016 issue of ATW
Airlines & Lessors

Airport freight traffic in metric tonnes for 2016 year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
Airlines & Lessors

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of April 19, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Malaysia Airlines Berhad CEO Christoph Mueller has said he will resign in September, citing “changing personal circumstances.” The unexpected announcement comes less than a year after Mueller took over the top executive spot at Malaysia Airlines. The former Aer Lingus CEO known for turning around airlines was named CEO of Malaysia Airlines in late 2014 as the carrier was dealing with the aftermath of two fatal Boeing 777 crashes—flights MH370 and MH17—and took the position on May 1, 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a 4.8% rise in the number of passengers handled in March 2016 compared to March 2015, with a total of 6 million passengers.
Airlines & Lessors

Ethiopian Airlines will launch 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-New York Newark services with a stop in Lomé, Togo, on July 3.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Europe’s largest regional airline, UK-based Flybe, and Channel Islands-based carrier Blue Islands will start a 10-year franchise agreement from June 6, the two airlines have announced.
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa Group is in talks with SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Brussels Airlines about those carriers becoming part of Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier (LCC) Eurowings business, several German media outlets reported.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Panasonic Avionics VP-global communications services David Bruner believes the airline connectivity market may be about to go through a shake-up.
Interiors & Connectivity

The commercial aviation industry has become much more adept in a changing operational environment at ensuring public confidence, but faces ongoing communications challenges, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler told the IATA Ops Conference in Copenhagen.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Calls for action to mitigate the threat to passenger aircraft from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) came from Europe’s main regional airline trade group and others following an April 17 incident at London Heathrow Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

US Airlines tarmac delays of two hours or longer, ranked by percentage-delayed of the total number of regularly scheduled flights, lowest-to highest.
Airlines & Lessors

For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2016 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated through the 2016 first quarter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines reported a 2015 net profit of CNY1.05 billion ($161.3 million), more than double its net income of CNY427.7 million in 2014.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, Saudia, has announced a new low-cost (LCC) subsidiary to be known as Flyadeal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is to acquire Irish Embraer lessor Aldus Aviation, building on two other large acquisitions since its summer 2015 ownership change.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Police in London are investigating a collision Sunday between a British Airways (BA) aircraft on final approach to London Heathrow Airport and an unidentified object, believed to be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Airbus A320 landed safely.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reportedly hit a British Airways Airbus A320 as it approached London Heathrow Airport Sunday. The aircraft landed safely.
Safety, Ops & Regulation